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A Libertarian Spin on ThingsWed, 09 Nov 2016 07:43:04 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.17Comment on Trump makes me terrified of Sanders by It’s time to remember the ideals of America | Salutary Neglecthttp://salutaryneglect.com/2016/03/trump-makes-me-terrified-of-sanders/#comment-3119
Wed, 09 Nov 2016 07:43:04 +0000http://salutaryneglect.com/?p=4780#comment-3119[…] As i’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, Obama’s executive orders on immigration open the door for a President Trump to issue far reaching executive orders on immigration. This is not acceptable. As an admirable Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska has pointed out, the political dialogue in this country has become so sophomoric that the mechanisms of government that maintain long-term justice have been reduced to a political trench battle between East Capitol St NE & First St SE and 1600 PA Ave. The trenches are in between, and the political middle ground always involves constitutional atrophy. […]
]]>Comment on Want to get rid of half of gun violence? by anonymous@gmail.comhttp://salutaryneglect.com/2016/06/want-to-get-rid-of-half-of-gun-violence/#comment-3044
Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:07:07 +0000http://salutaryneglect.com/?p=4832#comment-3044Came here via one of your Facebook posts. Really good writing, you should write more!
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Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:36:37 +0000http://salutaryneglect.com/?p=4832#comment-3038Awesome points across the board. Here are my questions:
1. 86% of gun related crimes are caused by handguns, but what percent of deaths? Would Orlando be one crime? Or 50 crimes? I think the idea behind banning assault rifles is to get rid of a weapon that can take out so many people in one go.
2. I think you are 100% right that ending the war on drugs will have an impact on overall gun-related deaths. However, do you think that it will impact mass shootings? I don’t think the Orlando shooting (or Sandy Hook or…) would have not happened had drugs been legal in their areas at the time of the shooting.

I really respect your stance on this and I think you’re right that it could have a huge impact. I think I’d still like to see an additional piece of legislation that makes it hard for bad people to get guns, but in our current political climate that will be really hard to do, if not impossible. Hopefully more decriminalizing of drugs takes place over the next few years and we can see if what is happening in Colorado happens in more racially and economically diverse states.

]]>Comment on The Gun Control Debate We’re Not Having by TJhttp://salutaryneglect.com/2016/01/the-gun-control-debate-were-not-having/#comment-2966
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:24:16 +0000http://salutaryneglect.com/?p=4747#comment-2966I am quite curious as to why you think reason #2 is enshrined in and protected by the 2nd Amendment?

Revolution is strictly antithetical to the existence of a government; a government would not be, if citizens could freely disobey the government. The responsibilities of citizenship are mandatory. In fact, revolution is explicitly forbidden in the Constitution; Article III, Section 3 defines treason as war against the United States. For examples of US government response to revolutions, examine the Civil War.